Heated Print Bed on BFB 3000

[distortal]

Jamie, are you sure your name isn't really Emmett Brown?

[CiaoBello21]

I bet you can even build your own ghetto death ray.

[superdau]

Use halogen spots/bulbs/tubes! I use them as ghetto heating for my chemicals when etching printed circuit boards. There's a reason some countries have laws against incandescents. Over 95% of their emissions are heat. Hook up several in series (you've to try what works best) so they won't get too bright and hot. With multiple sources it's also much easier to distribute the heat.

[roidroid]

the new medium-sized robot looks maybe just about big enough for an awesome baby to drive ;)

[MemoriesOfMotion]

A heating pad would work well. $9 on google shop. Just a thought.

[DBMHTECH]

try Peltier for heating up the print bed

[nie1s]

Sir, you rock :). Cool video, looks like an awesome project you're buidling! I'm looking into creating a heated build platform myself, might post something about that in my channel eventually.

[najken]

Nice, thanks for sharing the 1:30 last minutes of the movie, its like behind the sceenes material =)

[ashworth614]

So will you be making a few videos of the making of this robot or is this top secret as well? Hope you can find time for a few fun projects now and again.

[auntbeazy]

Love watching your vids! Is there a way to preheat the PLA by blowing hot air on it with a space heater...keeping the strand going into the machine as short as possible so it doesn't cool off too much before entering the line to the print nozzles?

It's awesome and inspiring to see people as resourceful as you and your wife. I look forward to the day I can move out of the city and get my kids into country living. I'm from Caledon Ontario...living in Toronto...would love a dome on a mountain!

[tiarnap4ige]

This is so amazing. Marry me.

[SirJosephOxford]

I miss your woods backdrop.

[KREREV]

Awesome to see some vids from you again :) gets me all pumped to do stuff myself again. Is this big big thing going to be available for us to get in the future mayhap :D? Anyhows, i LOVE the jigsaw-modular pieces thats genius!

[DrGreenfun]

i like all the robot noises in the background

[SASunDog]

Can you save all your plastic scraps and melt them down and re-extrude them back into a spool of printer stuff? That would be a great companion machine to have around with the printer.

[SASunDog]

I love to watch you work. All those lovely gear bits make me smile. The sound of the puzzley bits snapping firmly together is a very happy, satisfying sound. It's like a Thanksgiving dinner for my ears!

[mechadrake]

pwm control that soldering iron for heat adjustments:) pwm is fancy name for dimmers. In case you don't know, i'm sure you know- you are a mad scientist after all. Make thing like that yourself if there is no dimmer at hand. Of course it needs parts too... and knowledge. But there is internets for that!

[truevector]

I started watching your vids about two years ago and liked them so much that I wanted to watch them all from the beginning to end and thought I would never finish them... But here I am always eagerly awaiting a new video :-) I always feel happy when I watch your videos! More ontopic: why is the last part in the video made of jigsawed subparts instead of being one big part?

[CustomEnergies]

@truevector There is a limit to the print size, and even with the new heated print bed I assume smaller parts are still more stable. The way he modeled the part, they are all identicle so he just has to print multiple iterations of the same small part to create the larger part. Giving the printer a break or refilling the spool if need be in between prints. This solution is genious.

[dwarftoad]

What about an electric therapeutic heating pad?  Or would it not be hot enough?

[chunkyfecalbreakfast]

@dwarftoad or one of those vivarium heat pads, that probably wouln't be hot enough though unless you were printing right onto it.

[fefenin]

hi,

very great work as always, i like the way the cheap solutions work with you !

it's totally awesome !

[ZE0SPantera]

Wouldn't a Light bulb have worked? Like a 90 watt or 150 watt spot light just strait from below or even with a dimmer for accurate adjustments?

[funx24X7]

Also, if I remember how big the robot parts were for your small robots and compare, the one you're building now is going to be massive! Probably not as big as the giant robot but still, will it be able to fit through a doorway once assembled?

[JMEMantzel]

@funx24X7 Yep! This one will be able to fit through the doorway. I kinda wanted to make something big, but not so massive that its a huge ordeal to move around. :-) I'll be able to move this one places without dismantling it. Oh, and its using a new design too. :-) The upraded mark 6. :-) Other than the holes,and puzzle piece parts, it uses the same files as one of the toys I'm making.

[funx24X7]

Just minutes before watching this video I was pondering whether I was using the word "laterally" to correctly describe a motion. In it you make a hand gesture while using the word, thus clarifying my confusion. Thanks Jaimie!

[JMEMantzel]

@funx24X7 Excellent! Ya, I was wondering if I was using the word correctly too. :-P ...I figure if its clsoe enough to what you were thinking, its probably right. :-D

[lightmyarmonfire]

Glad to see you hard at work.

[Jonathawkes]

I love the puzzle inspired assembly! Soooooo coooooool!

[mrshlee]

Welcome back dude. We've missed your videos!

[SuperAntonboy]

MAOR VIDEOS! ;D

[stealthtaco37]

I'm happy when you do things

[JMEMantzel]

@stealthtaco37 Thats like the best comment ever! Happy. :-)

[derstrom8]

You totally need to patent the idea XD

[wurrkop]

Hey JME!

Glad to see that you seem to be doing well and that the robot work is progressing!

If you havnt already you should send the guys that made your 3d printer this vid of what this useful hack makes possible with their hardware, im sure they would be really happy to learn of it and maybe they will make some sort of add on.

Keep on hacking!

[VMATT500C]

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[VMATT500C]

A Kevlar glove, might save you a cut.

[YTBYlover]

Keep up the good work!

[sjvsworldtour]

Cool shirt.

You are now talking in acronyms. I think you have achieved the next level of geekness.

[domokid]

Love seeing new videos, its like Christmas morning.

[DanialBeta]

Have you ever checked out OpenSCAD for making parts? It's a pretty neat. Basically it's a programming environment to designing parts. So complicated things like gear teeth are mathematically calculated. Repeat functions like gear teeth can be made into reusable functions with tweak-able variables.

[unknowjondoe]

Have you printed any Legos yet? :)

[tallyhoroad]

You should sell those GRP rings!? If you aren't already :)

[chiefdaddypct10]

Great to see what you are up to. Keep up the good work. Glad you are doing well in the UK

[CTOL1]

Pulse modulated halogen lamp OR one of them printed circuit heaters for under the floor radiant heat

BINGO

[buzzsah]

Tell me more about the 3d printer if you don't mind ? Type ?, Brand ? Where to buy ?

Thanks and good idea. Have to tried heat tape ?

[TheMrgoughy]

have you tried a peltier to heat the base?

[dvdragond2]

OMG! that looks like a big robot! :)

[jammybizzle666]

A MAPLIN BAG FOR RUBBISH? HOW DARE YOU SIR

[Raggadouche]

oh snap, he back

[DrEMplushrest]

I'm impressed this worked! Surprised it spread the heat well enough. A more permanent, but still cheap solution might be to mount some TO-247 package power resistors to an aluminium plate about 4-5mm thick and the dimensions of your bed. Then fix this plate to the underside of the bed. Using several resistor packages and this relatively thick aluminium plate should result in nice even heat, and with some simple maths you can calculate what values of resistors you'll need for x temp on x voltage.

[mustie1]

when your done with the robot can ya run for president please,,

[nogooodname]

Please take more time out of your fun day to tape more vids. Your videos have changed my life and I dream every night that I'm playing around in your woods.

[Everfalling]

It's funny how these machines that cost several thousands of dollars still need some ghetto rigging to run smoothly.

[DancesWithRobots]

This is a mini giant robot, isn't it? I came for the giant robot. I stick around 'cuz you're so cool.

[luludawg1]

turning into a cityslicker... look at all those lights burning in the background.....what up with dat?

[jekader]

yay, Jamie's back!

[JingleJoe]

oh wow I was just re-watching your videos yesterday thinking "hmm mr mantzel hasn't uploaded anything for ages!" then you did :D thanks for picking up my psychic request and carry on the good work old chap :)

[dlm04e]

Upload more often please! I miss you D:

[tjhowse]

Commercial heated print bed, made for repraps:

ultimachine . com / content / prusa-pcb-heated-bed

Nice, even heat across the whole bed. The soldering iron technique, while impressive, will give you hot or cold spots on the bed. Personally I print using PLA because it's harder than ABS, making it more wear-resistant, and it doesn't require a heated print bed in my climate.

[adamcpennington]

@tjhowse Plus printing with a real heated bed means you won't need to print a raft. I'm also a fan of reprap. I have a Prusa Mendel.

[JMEMantzel]

OK, people. Does it LOOK like i have a hair Drier!???

...seriously.... it stands up all on its own. :-P

[GamerNationTecno]

@JMEMantzel is it strange that i find it relaxing to watch your videos?

[Wilzaza]

@JMEMantzel I happen to have one! Its attached to my forge though XD

[DrGreenfun]

@JMEMantzel jamie they make these heat pads for reptiles it has an adhesive maybe you could use that instead

[robertwgardner]

@JMEMantzel

Grow it longer on top, slick it back with ...stuff...

This is known to us elderly types as a COMB-OVER!!!

(Dramatic sinister music!) It's either that, or a razor...

Or a specially designed super hat with super logo.

[sylvanenergy]

WOW!!! the monkeys let you out of the zoo to make a video! Kewl... try getting some heat tape for the bed heat :) I had some awhile back they called it raysham heat tape. I think. you could always make your own heating element with reistors, and diodes, and nichrome wire, and foil tape...... Good to see you buddy!

[evilweeman]

Cant you use a hair dryer to warm it up? :P

[Timmy6216]

dude! its food to see your still alive and mad scientiesting it up! and judging by the size of those pieces, will this be a new riding to for Aurora?

[nanoIam]

couldn't some of those be done with the laser cutter?

[RandomVasco]

Glad to see a new video, always fun to check your progress.

[BigAdam2050]

I would have used a low setting hair dryer with a pipe to the outside. Force war air in, goes out via the vent. Less chance of fire I'd think.

Also good to see you still working hard.

[MrMetalfor666]

finaly a new video from you!